Block 6 - Infection and Immunity


The goal of the course is to help medical students prepare themselves for clinical clerkships and postgraduate careers. The subject areas include Bacteriology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Antibacterials, Mycology, Parasitology, and Virology.

Required Texts

  • Medical Microbiology, 5th Ed by Murray et al (2005)
  • The Immune System, 2nd Ed by Parham (2005)
  • Problem-Based Microbiology by Nath & Revankar (2006)
  • Case Studies in Immunology, 5th Ed by Geha & Rosen (2007)
  • Human Virology, 3rd Ed by Collier & Oxford (2006)
  • Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 10th Ed by Katzung (2007)

Required Attendance

  • 10 Monday morning quizzes
  • 9 POPS exercises
  • 4 Lab sessions
  • 50% Practice question sessions

Schedule


11/19 - I&I Comprehensive


11/14 - I&I Exam 2 <<<-----CLICK ME

Week 7

Week 8
Monday 10/6

1-4:20 EXAM 1 (150Q, 3h20m)

Monday 10/13
8-10 Systems Exam 1
10-11 (M) Antifungals & Superfical (Lehmann)
11-12 (B) Spirochetes - Borrella (Wooten)
Tuesday 10/7
9-10 (B27) Chlamydia (Wooten)
10-12 (I28) Transplantation I (Rees)

1-3 (OS) Lab - Cell Injury (Booth)


Tuesday 10/14
8:30-9:30 QUIZ 6
10-11 (M) Dermatphytes & Subcutaneous (Lehmann)
11-12 (B) Spirochetes - Troponema (Blumenthal)
1:15-3:30 Exam 1 Review
Wednesday 10/8
9-10 (ID) Sepsis/Fever (Georgescu)
10-11 (M) Fungal Growth (Lehmann)
11-12 (M) Fungal Physiology (Lehmann)
1-2 (V) Retroviruses & HIV (Novella)

Wednesday 10/15
9-10 (M) Systemic Fungal Pathogens (Lehmann)
10-12 (M) Protozoa (Donabedian)

POPS - Transplantation (Takashima, Stepkowski)
Thursday 10/9
9-10 (I) Transplantation II (Stepkowski)
10-12 (ID) Bioterrorism (Papadimos)

1-3 Virology Lab

Thursday 10/16
9-11 (M) Opportunistic Mycoses (Lehmann)

11-12 (B) Ehrilichia, Bartonella, rRNA (Wooten)
1-3 Inflammation (Gohara)
Friday 10/10
9-11 (ID) Immunocompromised Host (Georgescu)

11-12 Practice Questions
POPS - Painful Rash (Sawicki, Novella)

Friday 10/17
9-11 (V) Antivirals (Sawicki)

11-12 CANCELLED
Immunology 14, 16, 28, 46
Microbiology 30, 33, 35, 58, 81, 84

Indpt Project Disinfectants II

Immunology 25, 33, 44, 47
Microbiology 17, 18, 19, 26, 32, 42, 47, 62, 78, 81, 82
Mycology Set 1 & 2
Indpt Project Antiprotozoals


10/6 - I&I Exam 1

Week 1

Week 2
Monday 8/25
8:30-10 I&I Course Intro (Wooten, Novella)
10-11 (I1) Immunology Intro (Takashima)
11-12 (B1) Establishment & Virulence (Blumenthal)

Monday 9/1
LABOR DAY
NO CLASS
Tuesday 8/26
9-10 (V1) Virology Intro (Sawicki)
10-11 (B2) Growth, Death, Motility (Blumenthal)
11-12 (B3) Bacterial Cell Walls, Porins (Blumenthal)
1-3:30 Organ Systems, Pharmacology Intro (Rosenberg)

Tuesday 9/2
8:30-9:30 QUIZ 1
10-11 (I6) Immunological Assays (Takashima)
11-12 (I7) TCR & Ig Diversity (Blumenthal)
1-3 Drug Properties & Transport (Beavis)
Wednesday 8/27
9-10 (V2) DNA Virus Replication (Sawicki)
10-11 (I2) Innate Immunity Intro (Pan)
11-12 (I3) Adaptive Immunity Intro (Quinn)

Wednesday 9/3
9-10 (I8) Innate Killing (Pan)
10-11 (I9) B-Cell Development (Stepkowski)
11-12 (V4) RNA Virus Replication (Novella)
POPS - Tetanus (Wooten, Pan)
Thursday 8/28
9-10 (V3) RNA Virus Replication 1 (Sawicki)
10-11 (I4) Innate Immunity (Wooten)
11-12 (B4) Endotoxin (Pan)
1-3 Signal Transduction & Drug Discovery (Sanchez)

Thursday 9/4
9-10 (I10) B-Cell Selection (Stepkowski)
10-11 (I11) B-Cells and Ig (Worth)
11-12 (I12) MHC & Ag Processing (Worth)
1-2 Absorption & Distribution of Drugs (Beavis)
Friday 8/29
8:30-10 Practice Questions
10-11 (I5) Complement (Wooten)
11-12 (B5) Pseudomonas & Biofilms (Novella)

Friday 9/5
9-11 (B6,7) Streptococcus (Sledjeski)

11-12 Practice Questions
Immunology 1, 2, 3, 4
Microbiology 1, 2, 13, 25, 59, 61
Indpt Project Standard Units

Immunology 5, 6, 10, 17, 18
Microbiology 3, 9, 43, 57, 61, 65, 82
Indpt Project Exotoxins

Week 3

Week 4
Monday 9/8
8:30-9:30 QUIZ 2
10-11 (I13) T-Cell Development [Chen]
11-12 (I14) TCR & Ag Recognition [Worth]

Monday 9/15
8:30-9:30 QUIZ 3
10-11 (V6) GI Diseases [Sawicki]
11-12 (V7) Respiratory Viruses [Novella]
Tuesday 9/9
9-11 (B8,9) Staphylococcus [Duggan]
11-12 (I15) T-Cell Responses [Worth]
1-2 Biotransformation of Drugs [Mellgren]
2-3 Drug Excretion [Beavis]


Tuesday 9/16
9-10 (B12) Clostridium [Wooten]
10-11 (V8) Parvoviruses [Sawicki]
11-12 (V9) Papovaviruses [Sawicki]
1-3 Pharmacokinetics [Wilkerson]
Wednesday 9/10
9-10 (B10) Normal Flora & ID [Lehmann]
10-11 (I16) Cytokines [Stepkowski]
11-12 (I17) Hypersensitivity I [Pan]
POPS - Bee Careful [Worth, Pan]

Wednesday 9/17
9-10 (I21) Vaccine Development [Takashima]
10-11 (B13) Neisseria & Moraxella [Wooten]
11-12 (V10) Herpesviruses 1 [Novella]
POPS - Immunodeficiency [Worth, Stepkowski]
Thursday 9/11
9-10 (B11) Bacillus [Wooten]
10-11 (I18) Hypersensitivity II, III, IV [Pan]
11-12 (I19) Autoimmunity 1 [Pan]
1-2 Variation in Drug Response [Mellgren]
2-3 Drug Interactions [Mellgren]


Thursday 9/18
9-10 (I22) Cancer/Editing [Worth]
10-11 (V11) Poxviruses [Sawicki]
11-12 (V12) Herpesviruses 2 [Novella]
1-2 Pharmacokinetics [Wilkerson]
Friday 9/12
9-10 (I20) Autoimmunity 2 [Kahaleh]
10-11 (V5) Childhood Diseases [Novella]
11-12 Practice Questions

Friday 9/19
9-10 (B14) Enterics 1 [Blumenthal]
10-11 (B15) Enterics 2 [Blumenthal]
11-12 Practice Questions
Immunology 8, 20, 24, 26, 29
Microbiology 5, 14, 24, 40, 73, 74, 83
Indpt Project Microscopy

Immunology 7, 12, 19, 21, 43
Microbiology 27, 29, 36, 37, 41, 44, 56, 66
Indpt Project Diphtheria

Week 5

Week 6
Monday 9/22
8:30-9:30 QUIZ 4
10-11 (B16) Vibrio, Campylo, Helicobacter [Blumenthal]
11-12 (BL0) Bacteriology Lab Intro [Blumenthal]
1-4 Bacteriology Lab 1 (Group B @ 1, A @ 2:30)

Monday 9/29
8:30-9:30 QUIZ 5
10-11 (B24) Antibiotic Resistance 1 [Blumenthal]
11-12 (V15) Rabies Case [Hammersley]
1-4 Bacteriology Lab 3 (Group B @ 1, A @ 2:30)
Tuesday 9/23
9-10 (B17) Bordetella & Haemophilus [Lehmann]
10-11 (B18) Brucella & Francisella [Lehmann]
11-12 (V13) Zoonoses [Novella]
1-3 Toxicology, Pharmacokinetics [Beavis]

Tuesday 9/30
9-10 (I25) Immunopharmacology 3 [Beavis]
10-11 (I26) Immunopharmacology 4 [Beavis]
11-12 Immunology Review
1-3 Hemodynamic Disorders, Shock [Booth]
Wednesday 9/24
9-10 (B19) Legionella [Blumenthal]
10-11 (B20) Mycoplasmae [Duggan]
11-12 (B21) Anaerobes [Duggan]
1-4 Bacteriology Lab 2 (Group A @ 1, B @ 2:30)

Wednesday 10/1
9-10 (B25) Antibiotic Resistance 2 [Blumenthal]
10-11 (V16) RNA Virus Hepatitis [Sawicki]
11-12 Bacteriology Review
POPS - Hepatitis [Sawicki, Novella]
Thursday 9/25
9-10 (V14) Prions [Sawicki]
10-11 (B22) Corynebacteria & Actinom [Lehmann]
11-12 (B23) Actinomycetes [Lehmann]
1-3 Cell Injury [Booth]

Thursday 10/2
9-10 (I27) Immunodeficiency [Takashima]
10-11 (V17) Hepatitis B [Sawicki]
11-12 Virology Review
1-3 Cell Injury Small Group [Booth]
Friday 9/26
9-10 (I23) Immunopharmacology 1 [Beavis]
10-11 (I24) Immunopharmacology 2 [Beavis]
11-12 Practice Questions

Friday 10/3
9-10 (B26) Rickettsiae [Wooten]
10-11 (V18) Interferons [Sawicki]
11-12 Practice Questions
Immunology 9, 11, 27, 39
Microbiology 7, 8, 20, 21, 34, 45, 70, 86, 87
Indpt Project N/A Files

Immunology 15, 32, 37, 40
Microbiology 6, 11, 12, 28, 54, 55, 80, 89, 90
Indpt Project Disinfectants 1

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